HIYA! My name is Mickey Dean (aka Michael Fisher) and I am a hired gun guitar player, producer and songwriter. I produce singer/songwriters at The Waffle Ranch a little studio I have in Millersville, Pa. I still tour a little with some national and regional artists. Right now I am playing on Charlie Gracie's new CD with Al Kooper, Graham Nash, Peter Noone (Herman's Hermit's) and some guys from The Smithereens and Los Straightjackets.
I have been the lead guitarist for and/or recorded with Heather Miles, Victoria Shaw, Rob Crosby, Danny and the Juniors and rockabilly legend Charlie Gracie who even recorded one of my songs. I just played on the new Charlie Gracie CD produced by Al Kooper and Quentin Jones which will be released in England on Oct10,2011
The CD is "For The Love Of Charlie" and has been released in the US now as well. It's getting lots of airplay on WXPN type radio stations and is getting great reviews. Available where fine CDs are sold nationwide....
I am producing three other artists at the Waffleranch right now. Blue Plate Special, a wonderful jump blues band from Philly, Stu Huggins, who is the best country singer I ever heard, and a secret R&B project. More on that later....
I play live but not as much as I would like to. I am most often hired to be a sideman which is my favorite job anyway. Seriously, the thing I miss most is playing Merle songs at 3am in a VFW. I could DEFINITELY be talked into joining a local weekend country band!
I decided to become a guitar player when I saw The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, but it was "Are You Experienced?" that made me want to be a LEAD guitarist. MY guitar influences are Jimi Hendrix, Don Rich, Bill Kirchen, Duke Levine, Casper Rawls, Frank Zappa, Johnny Thunders, Albert Lee, Pete Anderson, Jimmy Bryant, Shane Nicholas, George Harrison and lately a great, great kinda localish guy I recently heard for the first time (where have i been?) Dave Chappell from DC.
Hiya Shane.
I play a couple of Teles built for me by Peter Gebhardt at PG Customs. Peter builds flat out cool guitars. If you want something that's one of a kind and won't require a mortgage on your home, Peter is your guy.
I am also a huge Jerry Jones/Dano fan. For amps I like anything that is loud and light.
If you want to hire me with or without my crack studio band, shoot me an email !! We work cheap if the fun quotient is HIGH!!